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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Celtic Update....

Here is some of the progress on the celtic doilies from PineyWoodsTatter's Blog.

To the far left is my first attempt...a very 'knotty' little guy! I tried making a SCMR and didn't quite behave the way I wanted. Middle left was attempt #2. This time I tried making three standard rings and then using the SCMR to join them together to make the celtic design. Nope, that one didn't work either. I had to pull the chain thread through the other rings to get the chain to overlap and that ended up in a mess too! Middle right is attempt #3 which I got a little farther then #2. I started with one normal, tatted ring and added SCMRs to make the celtic effect of one chain overlapping another. I missed one of the rings so I had to stop but finially on the far right is a completed celtic center for PineyWoodsTatter's motif shown HERE. Now that I made one, I'm not sure if I want to add the next round to it! Haha!! I think I'll try this guy a couple more times with some larger thread and add the next round of chains to those.

Here is a close up on the best center of the celtic motif I was trying for.

This was a fun challenge! I'm really liking using the SCMR technique a lot and think I'll have to give split chains, block tatting, and some other advanced tatting techniques a try!

Well done for experimenting and making such progress. Is the original not needle tatting? I get the impression that this effect is easier with needle tatting?? I have made something similar by using floating chains, learnt on Jane Eborall's blog. Have you tried that?

Thanks ladies! It was a fun challenge! I think I'll have to try something new more often! Jane, I bet you are right! I shuttle tat and it was tricky so I wonder if using a needle would have a different style to it. Hmmm, very interesting! : )

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I am a Christian, twenty-something, farm girl living in Northern Illinois on a five acre farm with my family. I graduated from homeschooling through High School in May of 2009 and I am a Kishwaukee College graduate with a degree in Horticulture, majoring in Greenhouse Studies and currently working at gorgeous garden center in the historic town of Sycamore, IL.